Essay On “In And Around The Yacht Basin – Simon’S Town” By Geoffrey Haresnape
In the poem “ In and Around the Yacht Basin – Simon’s Town “ by Geoffrey Haresnape, the poet very successfully describes the scenery of the beautiful seaside town mentioned in the title by utilizing certain imagery, line structure and figures of speech. In this essay I will attempt to analyze this poem by discussing the images, structure and syntax used to point out exactly why this poem is so effective.
The poem consists of four parts, separated by 3 asterisks. Each part describes a different aspect of the scenery in Simon’s Town.
The first part consists of six stanzas, each comprising of three lines. The topic of this first part is the different styles of architecture that can be seen in Simon’s Town, each stanza describing a different European style. Throughout the first part of this poem the botanical theme is very strong and the nautical theme that runs through the rest of the poem is also noticeable.
In the first stanza, the words “rigging tangle”......
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Approximate Word Count: 1691
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)
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